Book chapter
Molecular genetics of pyrogenic exotoxin "superantigens" of group A streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus
Superantigens , pp.1-19
Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 174, Springer
1991
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50998-8_1
PMID: 1802616
Abstract
Many bacteria require a complex set of host-parasite interactions in order to cause disease. Perhaps the most straightforward of these interactions is elaboration by the microbe of toxins which induce disease manifestations. In this example the pathogen must only be able to survive and multiply within the host for a sufficient period of time to make the toxin. Toxin-host cell receptor interactions then determine the extent of host tissue damage.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Molecular genetics of pyrogenic exotoxin "superantigens" of group A streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus
- Creators
- P K Lee - Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455P M Schlievert
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Superantigens , pp.1-19
- Publisher
- Springer; Berlin
- Series
- Current topics in microbiology and immunology; 174
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-50998-8_1
- PMID
- 1802616
- ISSN
- 0070-217X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001108502771
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